[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18736]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China; Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review; silicon metal from the People's Republic of China.

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SUMMARY: On March 10, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The review covers the period June 1, 1996 through May 31, 
1997.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
preliminary results. We received no comments and have not changed the 
results from those presented in the preliminary results of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gideon Katz or Maureen Flannery, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4733.

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations as 
codified at 19 CFR part 353 (April 1, 1996).

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 10, 1998, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 11654) the preliminary results of its administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the People's Republic 
of China. We did not receive any comments from interested parties. The 
Department has now completed the review in accordance with section 751 
of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of silicon metal 
containing at least 96.00 but less than 99.99 percent of silicon by 
weight. Also covered by this review is silicon metal from the PRC 
containing between 89.00 and 96.00 percent silicon by weight but which 
contains a higher aluminum content than the silicon metal containing at 
least 96.00 percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon by weight. 
Silicon metal is currently provided for under subheadings 2804.69.10 
and 2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) as a chemical 
product, but is commonly referred to as a metal. Semiconductor-grade 
silicon (silicon metal containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent 
of silicon and provided for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the HTS) is not 
subject to this review. Although the HTS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise is dispositive.
    This review covers the period June 1, 1996 through May 31, 1997.

Final Results of the Review

    For the reasons set out in the preliminary determination, we 
determine that the following dumping margin exists:

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                                                                Margin  
         Manufacturer/ exporter              Time  Period     (percent) 
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PRC rate................................     6/1/96-5/31/97       139.49
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. 
Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of review for all shipments 
of silicon metal from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: for all PRC exporters, the cash deposit rate will 
be the PRC-wide rate established in these final results of 
administrative review; and (2) the cash deposit rates for non-PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC will be the rates 
applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until publication of 
the final results of the next administrative review.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 353.26 of the Department's regulations to 
file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary's 
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the 
subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)) and section 353.22 
of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: June 27, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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